SCO launches law suit against Linux user AutoZone

SCO has filed a lawsuit against US car parts retailer AutoZone. The Utah based company is seeking an injunction that will prevent it from using Linux software that, SCO claims, illegally infringes its Unix intellectual property. The company alleges that 'AutoZone violated SCO's UNIX copyrights by running versions of the Linux operating system that contain code, structure, sequence and/or organization from SCO's proprietary UNIX System V code in violation of SCO's copyrights. ...more

Disney clocks 1.3 million iTunes movie sales

Disney has sold 1.3 million movies through iTunes in the three months since it began making a small number of titles available to download from the Apple service. In an interview with the Financial Times, Disney CEO Bob Iger revealed that contrary to industry concerns, digital sales have not adversely affected DVD purchases. ...more

Zen Internet cuts prices

Zen Internet is cutting the price of its broadband offerings with free activation across all its services. The cut follow's BT's recent reduction of the ADSL wholesale price, despite predictions that this would not be passed on to end users. The new prices are as follows: ZenADSL Home (512Kbps) ?23. ...more

Finger print access added to Sony USB storage device

With an embedded fingerprint sensor, the Sony's new Micro Vault device adds a biometric twist to USB-based personal storage. The company has added a fingerprint sensor to the top of its keyfob device, which offers 128MB via USB 2.0. ...more

Nokia spurns Apple in bid for share of mobile music market

Nokia and Loudeye are to work on a global music service for mobile networks and phones. Nokia has reached an agreement with the company that bought the OD2 music service to create a mobile platform for the delivery of digital music to phones. Motorola recently cut a deal with Apple to use its iTunes software on phones that will be available next year, but instead Nokia is choosing the company that owns OD2, whose technology powers the music services of a number of European ISPs and portals, including Wanadoo and MSN. ...more